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Re: Migrate away from idl? [message #68766 is a reply to message #68681]

Thu, 19 November 2009 08:19

Kenneth P. Bowman
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In article
<cf06c124-16f6-4455-bad3-4b6fc2570274@k17g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>,
Brian Larsen <balarsen@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> I have a quick poll for the experts out there. I recently learned
> about (and was wowed) scipy and all the other python stuff that
> basically make it a viable substitute for idl. I am wondering if
> anyone has made the switch (if so why are you still on this usenet?)
> or came away from python or has any advice at all?

If I didn't have 20+ years of hard-won experience and a vast set
of special-purpose IDL libraries I would have a serious look at
Python. ITTVIS should be careful, inertia is not the best reason
for sticking with a programming language. If they would make an
effort to fix the ten most annoying things in IDL (24-bit Postscript)
was on that list, it would go a long way toward making people happy.
They could even consider breaking backwards compatibility (for new
code).

Python and the associated libraries are all open source, so
here is nothing to stop someone from doing the work of
assembling and building it for easy distribution and installation
and then charging $50 or $100 for it, right?

Ken Bowman

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		Migrate away from idl? By: Brian Larsen on Wed, 18 November 2009 15:29
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: Brian Larsen on Sat, 21 November 2009 11:51
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: David Klassen on Sat, 21 November 2009 07:16
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: pgrigis on Fri, 20 November 2009 15:52
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: Jeremy Bailin on Fri, 20 November 2009 14:39
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: David Fanning on Fri, 20 November 2009 12:41
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: Wout De Nolf on Mon, 23 November 2009 02:46
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: Brian Larsen on Fri, 20 November 2009 09:22
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: Michael Galloy on Fri, 20 November 2009 06:11
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: jkeller on Tue, 24 November 2009 22:54
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: jkeller on Fri, 20 November 2009 00:57
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: Michael Galloy on Thu, 19 November 2009 14:52
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: Mirko.Vukovic[1] on Thu, 19 November 2009 14:43
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: MarioIncandenza on Thu, 19 November 2009 14:20
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: David Fanning on Thu, 19 November 2009 13:50
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: mankoff on Thu, 19 November 2009 13:49
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: Josh on Wed, 09 December 2009 11:36
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: MarioIncandenza on Thu, 19 November 2009 13:39
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: David Fanning on Thu, 19 November 2009 13:28
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: David Fanning on Thu, 19 November 2009 13:24
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: David Fanning on Thu, 19 November 2009 13:21
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: Brian Larsen on Thu, 19 November 2009 13:16
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: MarioIncandenza on Thu, 19 November 2009 13:03
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: Trae on Thu, 19 November 2009 12:05
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: Trae on Thu, 19 November 2009 12:03
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: Brian Larsen on Thu, 19 November 2009 11:33
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: Michael Galloy on Thu, 19 November 2009 09:22
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: David Fanning on Thu, 19 November 2009 08:49
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: Kenneth P. Bowman on Thu, 19 November 2009 08:19
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: Michael Galloy on Fri, 27 November 2009 06:59
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: David Fanning on Fri, 27 November 2009 05:51
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: jkeller on Fri, 27 November 2009 02:23
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: Andrew Cool on Thu, 26 November 2009 13:28
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: David Klassen on Thu, 26 November 2009 12:01
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: lecacheux.alain on Tue, 24 November 2009 01:07
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: David Fanning on Mon, 23 November 2009 18:34
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: lecacheux.alain on Mon, 23 November 2009 08:23

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